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antiquity, as almost vouches for its being acceptable to 

 God, who has permitted it to be used by the wisest and 

 best of men for so long a period. 



I think I have now nearly tired you. Pray write to 

 me soon, and believe me, 



My dear James, 



Your very affectionate brother, 



H. K. White. 



TO MR B. MADDOCK. 



St John's College, Cambridge, 10th Nov. 1805. 

 My dear Ben, 



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The reasons why I said mathematical studies did not 

 agree with me, were these — that I am more inclined to 

 classical pursuits, and that, considering what disadvan- 

 tages I lie under in being deaf, I am afraid I cannot 

 excel in them. I have at present entirely laid them 

 aside, as I am reading for the University scholarship, 

 which will soon be vacant : there are expected to be 

 thirteen or fourteen candidates, some of whom are of 

 great note from Eton ; and I have as much expectation 

 of gaining it, as of being elected supreme magus over 

 the mysteries of Mithra. The scholarship is of no value 

 in itself adequate to the labour of reading for it, but it 

 is the greatest classical honour in the University, and is 

 a pretty sure road to a fellov.ship. My classical abilities 

 here have attracted some attention, and my Latin 

 Themes, in particular, have drawn forth inquiries from 

 the tutors as to the place of my education. The reason 

 why I have determined to sit for the scholarship is this, 

 that to have simply been a candidate for it estalDlishes a 

 man's character, as many of the first classics in. the Uni- 

 versity have failed of it. 



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I begin now to feel at home in my little room, and I 

 wish you were here to see how snugly I sit by my blaz- 



